Thanks, as usual, for contributing a great article as food for thought.
Some may say the article's concluding questions, "Do we need a graduating class full of leaders? Or should schools actively seek out diversity in interpersonal approaches—as they do in everything else?" may sidestep the obvious point that the article is focused on highly selective institutions and their preference in screening for leadership attributes; Prospective students which the article describes as followers or lone wolves may attend elsewhere and do quite well. At the same time, not all young leaders will attend highly selective institutions.
Like other soft skills, leadership may come more easily to some students than others, but it can be developed. Interested parents may find the works of Tim Elmore and Cal Newport to be helpful.
Also interesting was the article's link to a related column on the history of admissions.
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